Improvement in safety pocket attachments



E. CARTER. Safety Pucketv Attachments. N0. |5.5,005, l Patented S*ept.'15,18774.

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'Menton UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD CARTER, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY POVCKET ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 155,005, dated September 15, 1874; application filed January 23, 1874.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD CARTER, of

the city and county of Albany, State of New ments in this invention.` Fig. 2 represents a Fig. 3 represents an plan view of the same. end view of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in so forming or shaping the protector that a persons watch cannot be drawn from his pocket without his knowledge.

ln order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction.

A is a bed-piece, about one inch square, which is fastened inside of the vest or other watch-pocket, near the top but on the outside part, or part farthest from the body, by sewing through the holes B, or otherwise, so that the extreme end of the lip C will be about onehalfA inch, more or less, according to the thickness of a watch-chain, from the front corner of the pocket. The lip Gis sprung or bent inward from the bed-piece A toward the body, in a downward direction. When' applied as described, there will be a space between the said tongue or lip U and the front corner of thc pocket, which space will be the receptacle of the watch-chain.

In order to draw the watch from the pocket,

insert the forenger and press back the tongue or lip C, and with the finger and thumb grasp the watch; the tongue C bein gpressed out ofthe way, the pocket is clear and the watch comes out readily. In attempting to draw the watch from the pocket without pressing back the tongue C, the upper rim of the watch will press against the center of the tongue C, which will cause the end of the said tongue C to press against the body, which increases the resistance.

There maybe a sharp point or rough surface on the end of said tongue, as seen in Fig. 2, marked E, to catch in the cloth of the pocket in an attempted withdrawal of the watch. The lip O being bent downward increases the resistance more than a straight lip. The protector may be made of a single piece, or the bed-piece and tongue may be separate pieces and joined together. The tongue or lip G should be made of spring brass or steel, or of some other article of a springy nature.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The bed-piece A, in combination with the lip or tongue C, sharp point E, and the holes B.

2. A tongue or lip, C C, projecting from either side of the pocket, and crossing the pocket either at a right or other angle, for the purpose described. l In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of January, 1874.

EDWARD CARTER. Witnesses: 4

O. D. RoBrNsoN, O. E. LANsING. 

